Not The Mall, and proud of it.

The Vendors At The Warehouse are not your everyday sales clerks. When you browse our unique and friendly environment you are talking to the creators of the lovely handcrafted products that you are admiring.

Stop at The Dreaming Lion. Allison will tell you how she handcrafts the beautiful dream catchers that are inspired by her mothers Native American heritage.

Talk to Mauri at Sistah's vintage aprons. Mauri has designed her products to represent different decades of American history. her aprons have names and she will introduce you.

Jules and Cindy of Bee's on Earth will invite you to sample honey from Albany bees. Honey that Urban Beekeepers Cindy and her husband Ken harvest from the hives that they keep.

Lars Turin will talk to you about the physical and creative processes that it takes to complete one of his fabulous bowls.

Bonnie, Becky and Ella at The FamiLee Jewels can tell you the story of the jewelry that interests you....what it's made of and what inspired it, because they make it themselves.

Andrea will be knitting or crocheting as she explains the benefits of her beautiful hats and scarves.

Taquiah's enthusiasm for her herbal and floral body lotions and oils is hard to resist. She believes in Body and Soul products because she makes them.

At The Warehouse also offers locally grown and bottled specialty food items including Sundaes Best fudge sauces, Spacey Tracey pickles, mustard and olive oil from Cascade Mountain Wineries and Dominick's organic pasta sauces.

Camille and Fred can tell you where they found all the wonderful antiques and salvage items that they sell in the Warehouse.

Meet Amy Pollicino the staff artist responsible for many of the embellished items sold by Silver Fox .

Visit At The Warehouse this last shopping weekend before Christmas. You will be pleased to find high quality, artisan produced goods sold in a unique and friendly environment.

By the way bring your appetite, because Tom and Nicole of Sophisti-Catering have been making some fabulous soups and breads for their cold weather menu.

In preparation of the Holiday Season

Saturday is November 1st.

The leaves are brown and falling, Daylight Savings Time starts Saturday night and the Holidays will soon be upon us.

Consider "Mallternative" shopping At The Warehouse for your Holiday and gift giving needs.

At The Warehouse and Silver Fox Architectural Salvage have a large, ever-changing variety of salvage, antiques and vintage collectibles, while Silver Fox Home Decor offers one of a kind home decor items designed from reclaimed architectural elements and other fantastic finds. Many have been painted by resident staff artist Amy Pollicino.

Shop with local artisans and know that you will receive great service and quality handcrafted products in a unique and friendly atmosphere all while supporting your local economy.

Sistahs Vintage Aprons has a supply of sassy new half aprons in saucy Holiday prints.

Lars Turin's One of a kind Art pottery pieces make a fabulous gift.

Ethan Turin's original paintings are also displayed in his studio space.
Unique Expressions by Marybeth Gardner offers braided wire and semiprecious jewelry as well as hand painted glassware and Christmas ornaments.

The FamiLee Jewels invites you to stop in and explore their new Salvaged Style collection. They are also featuring wood turned wine bottle stoppers, birdhouses, key rings and pens made by woodcrafter Fred Lee.

Bluebird Books has a large selection of gently read children's literature. Laura also offers lovely handcrafted gifts for children-all created by Albany artists.

Consider a collection of photographs by photographer Susan Ruscitto.

Center Square Honey makes a beautiful gift reflecting the golden colors of Autumn. Try the seasonal honey or Spun Honey. Cindy and Julie have a great selection of beeswax tapers and votives, honey dispensers, lip balm and sugar scrubs.

Other local specialty foods include Spacey Tracy's pickles, Sundaes Best Hot Fudge sauce, and 100% certified organic olive oil from Cascade Mountain Wineries.

Talk to Tom and Nicole Lynch of Sophisti-catering about your Holiday parties. Lunch, Cocktails, or Dinner, home or office, sit down or buffet, Sophisti-catering has a delicious variety of meals to choose from. Sample their goodness by having lunch in the Artifacts Cafe while you are visiting.

open weekends 10-3
At The Warehouse
20 Learned St.
Albany, NY 12020

Autumn At The Warehouse

Crisp nights and the warming colors of leaves are telling us that Autumn is in the air.

Sweater weather.

Picking apples.

Sipping hot cocoa.

Fires in the fireplace.

Football games, raking leaves and running through the corn maze.

At The Warehouse has a lot to offer for your Fall activities.

Your fresh picked apples will look great in a bowl handcrafted by Lars Turin.

Decorate that new sweater with earrings or a watch from The FamiLee Jewels.

Recharge by drinking Good Leaf Tea sweetened with Center Square Honey from Bees on Earth after you rake those leaves.

Pack your tailgate party picnic basket with delicious soups, salads and sandwiches from Sophisti-Catering.

Fill your home with the great scent of cinnamon and other spices. The Apothecary Rose Shed has fresh herbs and spices as well as a variety of dried fruits for your baking needs.

Look great while you are in the kitchen with a Vintage style apron from Sistah's.

Sip Cascade Mountain Wines while you relax by the fireplace.

Make a beautiful fall bouquet with flowers from Carol Kovlers garden.

Bluebird Books is offering 20% off to teachers in the month of September.

Silver Fox has great new salvage and antique furniture items.Stop by and check out what's new in the warehouse.

Teri Faul will be exhibiting her work at The Arts Center of the Capital Region opening Friday September 26Th through December 26Th. Visit Teri and view her spectacular stained glass art during Troy Night Out from 5-9PM.

Business for sale:

Established bulk spice business for sale. Run for 6 years by it's current owner. Great home Internet business with a weekend kiosk At The Warehouse. Contact Richard at Apothecary Rose Shed and Spices-R-Us at 1 800-393-9571 or http://www.spices-r-us.com/ for details.

This weekend At The Warehouse 9/20-21/2008

At The Warehouse, North Albany's only year round multifunctional marketplace is a unique "Mallternative" shopping experience. Our friendly artisans and craftspeople man their own business spaces and kiosks, so you are purchasing handcrafted items directly from the hands that created them.

Mauri Lewis of Sistahs designs and creates the vintage style aprons that she sells. Each apron style has its own name--unique to the time period that inspired it.

Ella, Bonnie, and Becky of The FamiLee Jewels create each of the pieces that is sold in their shop. Each piece of jewelry is a unique expression in wire, gemstones, and a variety of beads from around the world.

Lars Turin coaxes his One Of A Kind Art from raw clay. You can see him work on his incredible pottery pieces when you visit At The Warehouse.

Carol Dratch Kovler hand ties all of the macrame necklaces and plant hangers that she sells in her store. The seeds and flowers that she sells come from her own gardens.

Alyson of Dreaming Lion Tarot handwork's her unusual dream catchers, each one is inspired by the natural world around us.

Terri Faul demonstrates her stained glass artwork as she sells it.

Cascade Mountain Winery bottles the wines that they sell.

The bees that produce the honey for Bees On Earth live in Ken and Cindy's back yard.

The Good Leaf blends their own tea.

Sample some of these great local products on you next visit.

At The Warehouse is pet friendly. We have a warehouse dog named Dutch and a warehouse cat named Salvage. Dutch is the official greeter and salvage watches from the counter while your treasures are being tallied (unless she is napping...........a very common occurrence).

Laura of Bluebird Books is giving a 20% off book discount to teachers during the month of September.

A frequent customer of At The Warehouse had company from out of town last weekend. They ordered Quiche and salads from Tom and Nicole of Sophisti-catering. The guests raved! Make the food for your next event delicious and easy by ordering from Sophisti-Catering's extensive menu.

Stained glass artist Teri Faul will be teaching classes in stained glass work at The Arts Center of the Capital Region from September thru December.

At The Warehouse will be having a Garage Sale. Dates to follow.

August 9-10 At The Warehouse

Silver Fox Architectural Salvage and Home Decor is becoming THE place to shop for your remodeling and decorating needs. Silver Fox is a consistent presence in Google searches for architectural salvage products as people from all over the country discover it's offerings.

Silver Fox finds it's impressive salvage items in old homes, churches and schools, rescuing these pieces of the past from demolition.

At The Warehouse is a fabulous backdrop for a constantly changing array of stained glass windows, fireplace mantels, unusual doors and windows, lighting fixtures, columns, posts and corbels.

In a recent walk around the Warehouse I saw wrought iron gates, carousel horses, seats from the Heywood Wakefield Movie Theater, a huge bellows, an impressively ornate pot belly stove and huge verdigrised copper dormer pieces from the Carnegie Mansion.

Silver Fox also carries antique furniture and their own line of home decor items that have been made of pieces of salvage.

Custom farm tables made of salvaged wood with porch post legs and antique trim stand next to doors and columns painted by staff artist Amy Pollicino. Antique surgical tools sit beside boxes of old vinyl records, doornobs and vintage jewelry. Oriental rugs hang from the ceiling and over banisters. A 1970's John Wayne doll sits on a pressed back oak chair from the 1920's.

Throughout the Warehouse hang Photography & Paintings for Sale by Artists: Ethan Turin, Jackie Conkling, Vincent Popolizio, Susan Ruscitto, Sara Griffith, and Amy Pollicino.

Weekends At The Warehouse you will find artists and specialty food vendors in kiosks throughout the building and a friendly atmosphere seasoned with live music from 11-2.

The FamiLee Jewels represents 3 generations of artisans crafting beaded and wire sculpted jewelry.

Sistahs offers vintage styled and custom made aprons.

Macrame & Fiber work by Carol Kovler sells macrame', handmade Paper, decoupàge, and pressed Flower Frames.

“One of a Kind Art” by Lars Turin features Fine Art Pottery,Ceramic Sculpture, & Functional Pieces.

KG Concepts offers Handcrafted Wooden Décor & Home Accessories.

Browse Bluebird Books for Gently-Used Children's Books at Great Pricesand Contemporary, Hand-Knitted Wearable Items.

Watch stained glass demonstrations by Terri Faul.

Unique Expressions by Mary Beth Gardner sells Braided Wire &Semi-Precious Jewelry and Hand-Painted Glassware.

Dreaming Lion Tarot has used and cleansed tarot decks, hand-made bags and pouches, personally crafted dream catchers and other metaphysical tools and items.

Specialty food vendors include The Good Leaf Tea, Sophisti-catering, Spacy Tracy's Pickles, Cascade Mountain Wineries, Four brothers Goat Dairy, Bees on Earth, Apothecary Rose Shed, and Sundaes Best.

This weekends entertainment will be provided by Marty Mcdermott on Saturday and Matt Durfee on Sunday.

At The Warehouse will be closed the weekends of August 23/24 and August30/September 1.

At The Warehouse...Albany's great little secret!

At The Warehouse on 20 Learned Street in Albany is a great weekend destination. If you have heard of At The Warehouse but don't know where to find it, here are some directions.

It is located in North Albany on the corner of Learned and North Ferry........

on the way To Huck Finn's......

Right behind the Miss Albany Diner and Noche Lounge which are on Broadway 3 blocks south of Nipper the RCA dog.

During the week (Wednesday through Sunday) At The Warehouse is home to Silver Fox Architectural Salvage and antiques.

But on the weekends At The Warehouse comes alive.

Saturdays and Sundays you will find craft and artisan vendors representing pottery, jewelry, macrame, decoupage, decorative painting, vintage aprons, wood decor, home accessories and photography. Fine art by local artists is displayed throughout the building. You can have your cards read or take a yoga class.
The Artifacts Cafe offers a sandwich menu, fresh breads and an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Specialty food vendors sell tea, coffee, baked good, honey from Albany bees, goat cheese and yogurt, wine, fudge sauce, pickles and organic spices.
Browse Bluebird books for gently used children's books.
At The Warehouse has wireless Internet access everywhere on the premises.
Enjoy live music while you nosh and shop. This weekends entertainment will be provided by Patricia Kernan and Trilogy on Saturday and by Matt Dufree on Sunday.

This Weekend At The Warehouse 7/12-13, 2008

Summer in The City..........Hot sidewalks but cold refreshing beverages and cool live music make At The Warehouse a Summer place to be. This weekends entertainment will be provided by Steve Smith on Saturday and Mike Thomas on Sunday.

Joe at The Good Leaf Gourmet Tea Company says that tea is a healthy alternative to soda and is refreshing on a hot day. Stop by and try one of their 70 varieties iced or as a bubble tea. Traditionalists can still get a hot cup if they prefer. The Good Leaf features a different tea each weekend but Joe will custom brew any of the teas for you. You can also purchase The Good Leaf's teas to brew at home. Visit Joe, Michelle and EJ weekends At The Warehouse and 7 days a week at their 274 Lark Street store.

Sophisti-catering has moved in and is offering a refreshing summer menu of salads and sandwiches.

Allysson of Dreaming Lion Tarot will read your cards on Saturday.

Tiana Maron of Delmar Massage will be offering chair massages At The Warehouse Sunday.

It's not too late to stop by Bluebird Books with your summer reading list to receive a free book (up to $2.50) value. Offer good until August 31st.

At The Warehouse is featuring Diva Pins and Adjustable book thongs hand made by Those Crafty Teachers. 10% of every sale is donated to Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County.

The FamiLee Jewels will be closed on Saturday to celebrate Freddy J's first birthday. They will return on Sunday with pictures, stories and leftover birthday cake as well as their fabulous jewelry.

Sistahs Vintage Aprons will be in attendance at the annual Shaker Heritage Society Craft Show on July 12-13.

Save the date: You will want to visit At The Warehouse on July 27Th. Peter Heffernan will be offering free into to "Joe Yoga" yoga for regular folks of all ages. Details to follow.

Please note that At The Warehouse will be closed the weekends of August 23-24 and August 30-31 for Summer Holiday. Our vendors will return the weekend of September 6-7.

This Weekend At The Warehouse 7/5-6/2008

Happy July 4Th everyone. I wish you beautiful weather, great picnics, and fabulous fireworks! At The Warehouse will be open this weekend. Those of you not traveling for the Holiday come down and join us!!! We will be celebrating our fine Local products.

Cascade Mountain Winery from Armenia, New York is represented At The Warehouse with a great selection of wines, olive oil and mustard's.

Spacy Tracy's Pickles from Rhinebeck, New York has a great variety of pickles and pickled vegetables. "They're out of this world".

Sundaes Best of Saratoga Springs, New York says make your ice cream sundaes the greatest with the best hot fudge sauce ever. Try their new line of flavors, Howard's Hazelnut, Russell's Landing Raspberry, Olivia's Orange, and Marilyn's Mint.

The Good leaf Gourmet Tea Company, Albany's first boutique tea company, will be featuring their delicious iced and hot teas in 70 varieties. They will also have Bubble teas, "Sweet Tart Fizz", and "Jasmine Champagne". Stop in and get refreshed with a healthy tea-based drink.

Bees on Earth has local honey from downtown Albany.

Sean O'Connor has yogurt and specialty goat milk cheeses made locally at Four Brothers Dairy Goat Farm in Millerton, New York.

Allysson of Dreaming Lion Tarot will read your cards on Saturday.

Try on some vintage style aprons at Sistahs.

Stop in at The FamiLee Jewels and see their new chain maille designs.

Say Hi to Richard and Margaret at Apothecary Rose Shed. Try some of their great spice blends for your summer Barbecue.

It's not too late to stop by Bluebird Books with your summer reading list to receive a free book (up to $2.50) value. Offer good until August 31st.

Mark Davenport will be entertaining us on Sunday with his great mix of rock, blues and of course the Beatles.

Have a safe and Enjoyable Holiday---and for those of you staying Local this weekend Come on down to At the Warehouse Albany’s only year-round Multi Functional Market within the city boundaries.

This Weekend At The Warehouse June 28-29

Carol Dratch-Kovler creates crafts that reflect her many interests. Carol is a macrame' artist. Her planters, plant hangers and jewelry are delightfully textured.

Carol is a decoupage artist. She covers recipe boxes and books with graphically pleasing can labels and garden journals with beautiful seed packets.

Carol is an extraordinary gardener. She offers her own paper hand made with flowers. She has framed mats with pressed flowers in them. Carol is also offering a large selection of seeds and plants from her garden. Plants include zinnias, violets, ageratum, morning glories, larkspur, sunflower, iris, Siberian iris, black-eyed susans, daisies, verbena, delphinium and phlox.

Carol also sells cut flowers hand picked from her garden.

Feel free to ask her for advice on gardening or her many crafts.

Cascade Winery invites you to try their 2007 100% certified organic olive oil. The oil is from a first cold pressing in an amazing process that takes only 90 minutes from pick to press. The oil is then shipped overnight from California to the winery in Armenia, New York where it is finished and bottled. $20 per bottle.

Richard of Apothecary Rose Shed tells me that his green raisins and spice blends are being used by Sophisti-catering in their recipes now.

Sophisti-catering has moved in and is offering a refreshing summer menu of salads and sandwiches. Please stop by and welcome them.

Sistahs Vintage Aprons will be in attendance at the annual Shaker Heritage Society Craft Show on July 12-13.

It's not too late to stop by Bluebird Books with your summer reading list to receive a free book (up to $2.50) value. Offer good until August 31st.

This weekend stop in at The Good Leaf tea shop to sample their featured Sweet Tart iced tea. Michelle and Joe have 2 new tea drinks Sweet Tart Fizz and Jasmine Champagne for your summer refreshment. Bubble teas are still available. Try one of their 70 tea varieties hot or iced. You may also visit The Good Leaf in their second location at 274 Lark Street in Albany.

The FamiLee Jewels had a wonderful time at Art on Lark and will be happy to be home at The Warehouse this weekend. Come in and say hello to Bonnie as she works on her new gemstone ring designs.

Tiana Maron of Delmar Massage will be offering chair massages At The Warehouse Sunday June 29Th.

This Weekend At The Warehouse June 14th - 15th, 2008

Cindy Barclay of Bees on Earth has been making the news lately. She along with her husband Ken have been Albany Beekeepers for 7 years. They sell honey that is made by Albany bees that gather pollen from city parks, boulevards, and gardens. Bees on Earth offers Seasonal honey, whole honeycomb, comb honey, spun honey and raw honey.
In addition to their honey Bees on Earth offers honey dispensers, gift baskets, beeswax tapers and votives, all natural soaps, lotions, lip balms, and sugar scrubs.
Bees on Earth also sells Cindy’s home baked cookies and muffins as well as delicious fair trade coffee----traditionally prepared and iced.
Cindy and Ken are part of a growing community of Urban Beekeepers. They were recently interviewed for an Associated Press article praising the trend as a unique and beneficial relationship for bees, beekeepers and cities.
Visit Cindy at Bees on Earth to sample this wonderful local product.
To read the Associated Press article: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ja4aP3GZ6iIKgadG1H0jBl0UsUVgD914H6E80
To view a slide show of photos of Cindy and her bees: http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_national/urban_beekeeping/

Other news:
Richard at Apothecary Rose now carries dried fruits. He is offering mangos, blueberries, cherries, strawberries apricots, pineapples, raspberries, and cranberries. Enjoy them on their own or to top a fresh summer salad.

The FamiLee Jewels are featuring summertime jewelry. Come in and check out our new selection of ankle bracelets and sea glass pendants.

Sistahs Vintage Aprons has been invited to participate in the Friends of the Greenville Annual fundraiser craft fair Saturday June 14th.

Carol Dratch-Kovler is offering beautiful plants and cut flowers from her home garden. Stop by to see her zinnias, violets, ageratum, morning glories, larkspur, sunflowers, iris, black eyed susans, daisies, verbena, delphiniums and phlox. Carol is also happy to discuss your garden and give advice.

The Good Leaf says “Iced tea season is here!” All of their teas are available iced. Stop in and try them. Bubble tea has come to the Capital Region and is available at The Good Leaf. Look for the grand opening of their second location on Lark Street.

Silver Fox has just filled the yard with U. S. made concrete garden statuary. The variety includes dogs, cats, gargoyles, urns, buddas, birdbaths, classical and religious. Drive by, take a look and of course stop in for some food, fun and live music on the weekend.

This weeks live entertainment will be provided by Dave Render on Saturday and Tom Keeler on Sunday.